Eve Bunting
102) Thunder horse
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Relates the friendship and love between a little girl and the winged horse she receives as a gift.
103) The baby shower
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When news spreads that Ms. Brindle Cow is having her baby, many animals travel to share her joy, only to be greeted with a big surprise.
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At his own "just-about" birthday party, Little Badger discovers that his friends have birthdays at just about the same time as his and thoughtfully figures out how everyone can celebrate their "just-about" birthdays and go home with a special present.
106) Walking to school
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When the path to eight-year-old Allison's Catholic school goes through hostile Protestant territory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Allison finds she is not alone in her loathing of the situation.
107) My red balloon
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A young boy waits with both excitement and apprehension for his father to disembark from the aircraft carrier returning to port after many months at sea.
109) Riding the tiger
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Ten-year-old Danny is bored and lonely when he hops on the back of the exciting and somewhat scary tiger that offers him a ride, but he soon discovers that it's easier to get on the tiger than it is to get off.
110) Baby can
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Every time his family gets excited over something Baby James can do, big brother Shane demonstrates that he can do even better, from burping to rolling over to walking.
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Callie's family can't stay in their house, so they're moving to an apartment in the city. The new place is small but nice, Mom says, and most of their things won't fit. So, today, almost everything Callie's family owns is spread out in their front yard-their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie's bike. And it's kind of hard to watch people buy your stuff, even if you understand why it has to happen. With sensitivity and grace, Eve Bunting...
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A unique retelling of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, focusing on the cart used to transport his coffin through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College. The text also features the large number of people who walked the funeral route and were buoyed by MLK's positive influence, as well as Ada and Belle, the mules that pulled the cart.